I tried to get a shot today after lunch. About a hundred people in the line, and only walk-ins are available. I guess I'll wait for couple of months.
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i reupped but I know many have not - one guy I know has had it twice and been hospitalized both times.. he never learns.
I think that part of the issue is that the virus is evolving so rapidly that it's not a "vaccine" in the traditional sense, like the polio vaccine where you get it and you're protected forever (or close enough). that's how many people see vaccines - you take it and you're "cured", but not with rapidly evolving viral loads.
it's frustrating but not a lot I can do about it.
The covid vaccines I have gotten each made me sick for two days. That's not a lot in the big picture but it is enough to make me unenthusiastic about getting another booster that may well be ineffective. For now I'm sticking with my trusty N95.
If you had Moderna before, consider Pfizer because in my experience it gave me much less discomfort afterwards. I went back to Moderna because I felt more strongly protected, but Pfizer is good enough and better than nothing. Of course your mask will help a lot too.
Oh, is that a known issue with Moderna? I wife and I had only gotten Pfizer before and just got Moderna on Saturday, and we were knocked completely out Sunday and barely functional today. Seemed noticeably harsher.
I'm only speaking anecdotally, I had a reaction of fatigue and fever this time. But for sure in previous versions, Moderna was something like 3x the dose of Pfizer.
I’ve had all the shots/boosters, switched from Moderna to Pfizer about halfway through. All Moderna shots hit me like a truck, and I’ve had zero symptoms other than a sore arm from any of my Pfizer shots.
You can choose vaccine?
When I last took mine, they just gave me a vaccine, I can't remember which but it's not like I had a choice anyways.
In the California search I have used, https://myturn.ca.gov/, the choice of Pfizer /Moderna/Novovax is a question along with whether you have insurance and your zip code etc. Different answers have led to different pharmacies, according to what they had ordered, I guess, and sometimes different days at the same big CVS. I've nothing to say against any of them. But I think certain groups of people are better off with one or the other depending on their health conditions. Even if there's no choice you can always ask so you know what you got. It should also be in your vaccine record if you want to go back and check.
i mean, yeah, i have to FORCE myself to get every one, the side effects are so awful. but i figure two days of that has got to be better than actually getting covid.
Right?
I've spent a week of PTO already just from getting vaccinated. I'm not about up to use up another 2 days of my pathetic 8 days of PTO a year on a 'maybe'
Got my daughter to get her vaccine. She spent a week with fever, and feeling like shit too dude. Why can't they get a better vaccine? I didn't feel like this for anything else but I'm not alone.
I'm getting mine on Friday. Still have to look into it for my kids. Safeway does not offer it for under 12. I remember it being difficult to get the first time around.
Not sure what state you’re in but CVS Minute Clinic has Covid booster shots for ages 5 to 11 (NOT the regular CVS since they vaccinate/treat children).
Wasn't the vaccine this Fall for a strain that hasn't been prevalent for the past few months? That's the only reason I didn't bother with the latest vaccine. I got the other three.
It was designed to hit the one previous to the one most viral at the moment, but it does protect against the new one as well.
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I paid $400ish for it (my wife and I) because I'm on Kaiser and they pretended they had it, but they didn't really, and I wanted it because I wanted to be confident I wouldn't get sick getting a haircut.
So, maybe the shitty health systems in the US have something to do with this.
Also, I'm kinda glad most people haven't gotten it yet. I'd rather have extra immunity juice so I can act a little more normal comfortably before the next variant shows up.